Only reason I brought it up to TigerDon was he was very interested in cricket during the Ashes series

Didn't mean to upset you diddums , I'll run everything by you in the future to see if it meets your strict guidelines OK

Keeping it all politics Munk do I ever tell you that I used to date Mayor Of Ipswich niece Paul Pisasale and her best friend at school was actually our current Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk , we actually double dated once and saw Out of Africa at the cinemas

Oh and my current Mrs is the Uncle of a former mayor of Gladstone and her Brother in Law is a former councillor of Gladstone Council and his Dad was Mayor for many years of Calliope Shire Council

Oops more name dropping , yep your right I do drop names quite a lot , I do sincerely apologize for being so far up myself , surprised I haven't turned myself inside out yet

Ive never seen someone so shamelessly name drop as much as you do Happy Tiger.
Any chance any of your stories are true? You remind me of that fellow from Byron Bay.

If you are ever down Gladstone way make sure you visit the No. 1 thing to do there..The happy tiger Hall of Fame...there you will find such sporting history like the Iron Wicket Keeping Gloves and bat that scored Century after Century...the Boxing Gloves that took him to Golden Glove Champion..the 7 Iron and putter that won multiple Gladstone Masters as well as his leather balls he use to torp 60 on the fly before there was even such a thing called 40/20s...just to name a few...

There is also an Honour Board there of all the sporting / political / entertainment luminaries happy has bettered along the way...i wont even mention who he use to bully at school in his homeroom..

Ivan's Laws

1. You are either on the Bus or you are off..
2. The Star of the Team is the Team
3. Be the player your teammates want to play with..

Ive never seen someone so shamelessly name drop as much as you do Happy Tiger.
Any chance any of your stories are true? You remind me of that fellow from Byron Bay.

Something we share in common Happy. I’m a massive name dropper as well. Particularly amongst my work mates at Friday lunch . I can’t help it. It just comes out. Australian TV Royalty / one of our best international Wallabies and an very good Aussie Rock Band. ... to name a few . It’s also shameful the way I crap on about my offspring. Any achievement I’ll drop it. (The youngest is going to the Jnr Pan PAC’s.) there I go again
I even name drop the WTF more than I probably should. Still I’m proud of those around me and can’t help expressing it.

Congratulations?

Thanks Munky!

Everyone had seemingly forgotten that Happy is credited by Nathan Lyon for transforming him from a pin head curator's apprentice into the Goat. employed as a greenskeeper in Gladstone in 2010. A young Nathan had chance meeting with the Gladstone GOAT (Happy). Stories about Hap’s right foot step ruining the careers of countless Qld footballers inspired Nathan to go on and do something with his life.

Ivan "Billy Beane from Moneyball" Cleary!
It's the Ivan of the tiger, It's the thrill of the fight...

Ive never seen someone so shamelessly name drop as much as you do Happy Tiger.
Any chance any of your stories are true? You remind me of that fellow from Byron Bay.

If you are ever down Gladstone way make sure you visit the No. 1 thing to do there..The happy tiger Hall of Fame...there you will find such sporting history like the Iron Wicket Keeping Gloves and bat that scored Century after Century...the Boxing Gloves that took him to Golden Glove Champion..the 7 Iron and putter that won multiple Gladstone Masters as well as his leather balls he use to torp 60 on the fly before there was even such a thing called 40/20s...just to name a few...

There is also an Honour Board there of all the sporting / political / entertainment luminaries happy has bettered along the way...i wont even mention who he use to bully at school in his homeroom..

Ive never seen someone so shamelessly name drop as much as you do Happy Tiger.
Any chance any of your stories are true? You remind me of that fellow from Byron Bay.

If you are ever down Gladstone way make sure you visit the No. 1 thing to do there..The happy tiger Hall of Fame...there you will find such sporting history like the Iron Wicket Keeping Gloves and bat that scored Century after Century...the Boxing Gloves that took him to Golden Glove Champion..the 7 Iron and putter that won multiple Gladstone Masters as well as his leather balls he use to torp 60 on the fly before there was even such a thing called 40/20s...just to name a few...

There is also an Honour Board there of all the sporting / political / entertainment luminaries happy has bettered along the way...i wont even mention who he use to bully at school in his homeroom..

no one stops at Gladstone... I think they still have the old Co-Op for a local shopping centre. 14 pubs, a 70's strip club, but nothing else.

It all stems from the locals voting in some independant years ago. They failed to realise it only results in the state & federal government spending elsewhere

"Did someone buy you the internet hero play book for Christmas and you've only just started reading it?" - Nelson 21/04/2017

no one stops at Gladstone... I think they still have the old Co-Op for a local shopping centre. 14 pubs, a 70's strip club, but nothing else.

It all stems from the locals voting in some independant years ago. They failed to realise it only results in the state & federal government spending elsewhere

I had to read that sentence 3 times before I got "a 70's strip club" and not "70 strip clubs"....

as for Voting Independants... Well YMMV (your mileage may vary).
If the Independant holds the Balance of power. Your seat is like a blank cheque. See Tony Windsor/Barnaby Joyce in Armidale. Because Tony Negotiated for Armidale and basically controlled who had government, he got what he wanted.
The result is all of Armidale had FTTP rolled out before anyone else in Australia. (among other things). Barnaby to keep the seat has done crazy things like move research centers to this regional area.

If your independant does not decide government and the government has a large majority. Well then yes, they will be ignored. Also if they are extreme right/left.

Marginal seats get way more attention then safe seats. It's the difference between a Halfback and a Bench Prop.

no one stops at Gladstone... I think they still have the old Co-Op for a local shopping centre. 14 pubs, a 70's strip club, but nothing else.

It all stems from the locals voting in some independant years ago. They failed to realise it only results in the state & federal government spending elsewhere

I had to read that sentence 3 times before I got "a 70's strip club" and not "70 strip clubs"....

as for Voting Independants... Well YMMV (your mileage may vary).
If the Independant holds the Balance of power. Your seat is like a blank cheque. See Tony Windsor/Barnaby Joyce in Armidale. Because Tony Negotiated for Armidale and basically controlled who had government, he got what he wanted.
The result is all of Armidale had FTTP rolled out before anyone else in Australia. (among other things). Barnaby to keep the seat has done crazy things like move research centers to this regional area.

If your independant does not decide government and the government has a large majority. Well then yes, they will be ignored. Also if they are extreme right/left.

Marginal seats get way more attention then safe seats. It's the difference between a Halfback and a Bench Prop.

Its more of a gee-up. Happy is the President of the Dizzie Lizzie Foundation.

"Did someone buy you the internet hero play book for Christmas and you've only just started reading it?" - Nelson 21/04/2017

Ive never seen someone so shamelessly name drop as much as you do Happy Tiger.
Any chance any of your stories are true? You remind me of that fellow from Byron Bay.

If you are ever down Gladstone way make sure you visit the No. 1 thing to do there..The happy tiger Hall of Fame...there you will find such sporting history like the Iron Wicket Keeping Gloves and bat that scored Century after Century...the Boxing Gloves that took him to Golden Glove Champion..the 7 Iron and putter that won multiple Gladstone Masters as well as his leather balls he use to torp 60 on the fly before there was even such a thing called 40/20s...just to name a few...

There is also an Honour Board there of all the sporting / political / entertainment luminaries happy has bettered along the way...i wont even mention who he use to bully at school in his homeroom..

no one stops at Gladstone... I think they still have the old Co-Op for a local shopping centre. 14 pubs, a 70's strip club, but nothing else.

It all stems from the locals voting in some independant years ago. They failed to realise it only results in the state & federal government spending elsewhere

no one stops at Gladstone... I think they still have the old Co-Op for a local shopping centre. 14 pubs, a 70's strip club, but nothing else.

It all stems from the locals voting in some independant years ago. They failed to realise it only results in the state & federal government spending elsewhere

I had to read that sentence 3 times before I got "a 70's strip club" and not "70 strip clubs"....

as for Voting Independants... Well YMMV (your mileage may vary).
If the Independant holds the Balance of power. Your seat is like a blank cheque. See Tony Windsor/Barnaby Joyce in Armidale. Because Tony Negotiated for Armidale and basically controlled who had government, he got what he wanted.
The result is all of Armidale had FTTP rolled out before anyone else in Australia. (among other things). Barnaby to keep the seat has done crazy things like move research centers to this regional area.

If your independant does not decide government and the government has a large majority. Well then yes, they will be ignored. Also if they are extreme right/left.

Marginal seats get way more attention then safe seats. It's the difference between a Halfback and a Bench Prop.

Its more of a gee-up. Happy is the President of the Dizzie Lizzie Foundation.BBB

Only voted for Liz once , and that was the election after she had the balance of power

Oh and my current Mrs is the Uncle of a former mayor of Gladstone and her Brother in Law is a former councillor of Gladstone Council and his Dad was Mayor for many years of Calliope Shire Council

Oops more name dropping , yep your right I do drop names quite a lot , I do sincerely apologize for being so far up myself , surprised I haven't turned myself inside out yet

Your current mrs is someone's uncle?
I dont think you are up yourself matey, those names you tend to drop are so dull Im positive a very low percentage are impressed with you claiming to have known them. I know a few drunks who like to tell stories like you do. I find them funny as well.

Oh and my current Mrs is the Uncle of a former mayor of Gladstone and her Brother in Law is a former councillor of Gladstone Council and his Dad was Mayor for many years of Calliope Shire Council

Oops more name dropping , yep your right I do drop names quite a lot , I do sincerely apologize for being so far up myself , surprised I haven't turned myself inside out yet

Your current mrs is someone's uncle?
I dont think you are up yourself matey, those names you tend to drop are so dull Im positive a very low percentage are impressed with you claiming to have known them. I know a few drunks who like to tell stories like you do. I find them funny as well.

Anyway , to get all deep and meaningful , its been a bit weird meeting people before they were famous over the years

Some of them I'd never would imagine would succeed as sportsmen /women

But those who have , have all had the same traits , hard workers who never give up who ignore failure ...... the amount of absolute childhood superstars who never made it didn't have it ......never needed it and when they did just couldn't cope

Anyway back on topic , Federal election probably within 12-15 mths and yet again we will be voting for the best of the worst , hey ....

Alright, I've had just about enough of the meaningless dribble in this thread. As the title says, it's politics - Discuss politics and discuss it rationally (a hard concept for some on here) or this thread closes.